(This is written about a friendship that was betrayed long ago when I was young, trusting and foolish.)
Prompts:Error; noun: A mistake; the state or condition of
being wrong in conduct or judgment.
Jingle; noun: A light ringing sound such as made by metal
objects being shaken together; a short slogan, verse, or tune designed to be
easily remembered, esp. as used in advertising; verb: Make or cause to make a
light metallic ringing sound; (of writing) be full of alliteration or rhymes.
Vindicate; verb: Clear (someone) of blame or suspicion; show
or prove to be right, reasonable, or justified.
Betrayal
An error, a mistake, to take our friendship back?
To give you one last time to stab me in the back?
To let you walk all over me again,
To let me worship you as you send,
Me on errands, most futile as you rant,
To let you lord, how much more important,
You are then me, why did I let you treat me,
This way, it was so destructive, why didn’t I see,
You were using me for your own selfish ends,
Why did I allow myself to think we were friends?
I wised up and saw what you were about,
But my soft heart heard your pleas and had doubt,
It gave me no pleasure when I was vindicated,
When I saw you as you truly were, I hated
You
A worthless emotion suffocating me,
So I put it aside forgetting you and your plea,
So your words, the jingle of your ringtone,
Picked specially for you on my cellphone,
Holds nothing for me,
But empty memories,
Of how foolish was I,
To trust my heart and not my eyes
We were never friends, I have surmised,
But it took too long to find that out,
Now with others I’ll always doubt,
Are you truly my friend?
©Sheilagh Lee May 30,2012
